Improvement in cartridge-boxes



c. K. HOWE. CARTRIDGE-BQX.

Patented Feb.15,-1876.

WITNESSES:

N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASKINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

CHARLES K. HOWE, OF HALLOWELL, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT lN CARTRIDGE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,54 3, datedFebruary 15, 1876; application filed January 15, 1876.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES KIMBALL HOWE, of'Hallowell, in the county of Kennebee and State of Maine, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Cartridge-Box, of which the following isa specification Figure 1 is a front'view of my improved cartridge-box,part being broken away to show the construction, and shown as applied tothe shoulder-rest of a pocket-rifle. Fig. 2 is a detail section of thesame, taken through the line mm, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved cartridge-box,which shall be so constructed as to allow only one cartridge to be takenout at a time, which may be attached to the shoulder-rest ofapocket-rifle, carried in the pocket, or in any other convenientreceptacle, and which shall be simple in construction and convenientinuse. The invention consists in making a cartridge-box of aring-flanged block, having holes (for the cartridges) in differentradial planes, and covered by a slotted centrallypivoted disk, that hasa flange overlapping the flange of block.

A is a circular block of wood, of athickness a little greater than thelength of the cartridges to be carried. In the face of the block A areformed two or more circles of holes or cells, a of such a size that thecar tridges may fit into them, and which are so arranged that no twoholes may be upon the same radial line.

The face of the block A is recessed, so as to leave a ring-flange aroundit of a height equal to the thickness of the flange of thecartridge-shells.

The face of the block A is covered with an elastic metallic disk, B,which rests upon the ring-flange of the'said block A, and has a flangeformed around its edge to overlap the edge of the block A.

The disk or cap-plate B is secured and pivoted to the center of theblock A by a screw,0, which screws into a block,D, of hard rubber,secured in a hole in the center of the block A.

The hard rubber D holds the screw firmer than wood or iron would, andprevents it from moving when it has been long used, as it does notbecome loose.

- The block D may be made of other material than hard rubber, and thescrew 0 may be extended through the block A, and have a pinch-nutscrewed upon its end, if desired.

In the under side of the cap-plate B, near its edge, is formed a circleof indentations, 12 in such positions and of such a number that anindentationmay be in the same radial line witheach hole of the block A.

To the block A is attached a pin, M, to enter the indentations b andthus hold the plate B from being accidentally turned.

In the disk B is formed a scalloped radial slot, W, of such a size thata cartridge may pass through it.

With this construction, as the disk B is turned the space of eachindentation b the slot I)? comes over a hole, c of the block A, so thatby inverting or inclining the device a cartridge will drop out, and maybe received in the hands.

By this construction, by tightening or loosening the screw (1, the diskB will be tightened or loosened upon its seat, as may be desired.

The cartridge-box thus constructed may be inserted in the cavity of theshoulder-rest E of a pocketrifle, or it may be carried in the pocket orin any other convenient receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, I claim'as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, in a cartridge-box, of thering-flanged block A, having holes in different radial planes, with theslotted and therein 7 centrally-pivoted disk B, resting upon and havinga flange that overlaps that of block, as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES KIMBALL HOWE. Witnesses:

MAJOR Goonwm, HENRY B. SANBORN.

